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In Yemen, 40% of the population is under the age of 24.
A brief outline of Yemen's problems shows that there is an acute water shortage; malnutrition, 40% unemployment; 40% of the people living off less than £1.50 a day.
Adding to this, the country's oil sales are dwindling.
The tribal structure, and some religious differences, are cause for internal strife, and also an Al Quaeda militancy that the Yemeni government has been trying to curb. But it seems that increasing poverty is the main problem in the country.
The situation seems very much on the brink of getting out of control, and it is interesting that not one government in western Europe has a clue what to do about it.
It is, however, interesting to note that Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the emerging leader of the Libyan rebels, is an Al Quaeda commander, who has recruited men in Eastern Libya to fight American soldiers in Iraq, and who has just stated that Al Quaeda members are not terrorists.
For all we know, he may be responsible for the deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan.